On Tue, Sep 01, 2009, Dracul wrote: > Hi List, > > I'm planning to setup WCCP + Squid.
Hi! > If the squid server should be offline or the squid process dies, will the > users? port 80 requests automatically redirect to the ?live? internet > connection?? Yes! > Because in old "forced" redirection configurations, if the squid process > dies or should the squid server be unreachable for some reason, user will > see a browser error. Indeed. > >From what I understand with WCCP documentation, if the squid dies or the > server is unreachable, the network should automatically redirect the users > to the gateway, without That takes time - the WCCPv2 router will take a while to time out the now-unreachable server. It would be possible to hack in some code to try sending a last "gasping breath" packet to the WCCPv2 router to say the cache is about to disappear, but it won't save existing connections. > any disruption of any kind to their browsing experience. Are my assumptions > correct? Thanks! adrian -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA - _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
